Reinventing the Millennium

With the purchase of equipment and the introduction of technology, the ice core has been operating in a low-key manner in Luzhou.

Regarding the production line capacity and Fang Zhuo’s consideration of tying up with Changhong, this requires Bingxin to have a minimum product yield. Although there is an industry leader sitting on the campus next door, how far Bingxin can achieve it is still unclear. It relies on the sweat of 485 engineers.

In addition to ensuring funds and logistics and considering the market in advance, Fang Zhuo can only wait silently for the progress of Qiu Ciyun and others in the technical field.

In mid-October, Fang Zhuo returned to Shanghai from Luzhou with expectations and worries.

"I find it's quite exciting to be able to buy equipment and introduce technology, but it won't last long. I'll be happy when the ice core can make me happy for a whole year."

This was Fang Zhuo's first words when he arrived in Shanghai and met Su Wei.

Su Wei felt that this was Mr. Fang's truest emotion, and it was a rare expression of true feelings for a long time.

She didn't try to comfort her, because Mr. Fang could always adjust himself, and he was the most confident person in the face of adversity and troughs.

Sure enough, the situation of the Luzhou ice core did not affect Mr. Fang's response, and the medical department began to develop based on the vertical field of medicine.

Throughout October, Dangdang withdrew from the competition early and Amazon was busy integrating Excellence. The competitiveness of the two companies was significantly reduced, while eBay and Taobao continued the fierce trend last month.

Under such a background, the medical department, which had never had any sense of existence, began to spend money silently.

Buy land in the east, build logistics in the west, recruit talents in the south, and make credit in the north.

The existing three warehouses of Medical Science are in Mayong, Kunshan and Beijing, covering the three major cities in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, relying on the booming private express delivery.

But this is not enough for Fang Zhuo. What he needs to do now is to lay a solid foundation for B2C in all categories. Not only to buy more land, but also to recruit warehousing experts with Amazon background from the United States to build an Amazon-style automated warehouse. .

First improve efficiency from the source, and then further build your own logistics system.

Because he had to compete for land and policies, Fang Zhuo had to take action personally, not only for preferential treatment, but also for rapid advancement.

Therefore, although the medical department is low-key, the actions of the mainland's richest man have gradually attracted attention.

First, Mr. Fang gave a speech on the banks of the West Lake against foreign giants represented by eBay, and then he tried to invest in Dangdang but failed at the last moment. These two big moves let the industry know that Mr. Fang had the idea of ​​getting involved in e-commerce. .

Now, Medical Science's actions have confirmed this. It is a stone that has fallen to the ground, and it also means that there is a new player in the e-commerce market.

However, before the reporter could interview Mr. Fang, Penguin, which had just gone public not long ago, suddenly announced a new business - the establishment of Paipai.com to enter C2C e-commerce.

——"Paipai.com is an important part of our Online Society strategy and will be committed to creating a new diversified online business circle."

The fierce battle between eBay and Taobao is in full swing, and Penguin, which has performed well in listing, directly announced that it will join the battle.

This is somewhat unexpected.

More news was revealed with the restructuring of Penguin. Paipai.com is the company's intention to seek new growth points after communications, games, and portals. It will be Penguin's first project product that is completely separated from the domain name and QQ. .

This project will be officially launched on March 1, 2005.

Regarding such news, the Internet industry and news media generally believe that Penguin will be a strong competitor in the C2C market with its strong traffic.

On November 1, Dangdang held a meeting in Beijing. Executives gathered to discuss changes in the e-commerce market. Li Guoqing and Yu Yu were both present.

The first thing to discuss is Penguin’s entry into C2C.

"This Penguin is quite versatile. It makes games, portals, and now e-commerce. We'll see what happens next year."

"Next year, eBay will definitely account for the majority, and Taobao and Penguin will account for the small shares."

"Should we open up the C2C field on the website?"

Dangdang's executives actively discussed it, but the final majority opinion was that it would not be open to the public for the time being, and that it should proceed steadily in the direction of consolidating its main business and expanding its online categories.

After everyone discussed penguins, the heated atmosphere calmed down a bit, and the topic turned to the more closely related medical department.

Compared with Penguin starting C2C, Mr. Fang’s move to increase pharmaceutical B2C is more interesting to some extent.

I don’t know if it was me or someone else who instigated it. There are rumors in the industry that Mr. Fang’s investment in Dangdang failed and he wrote the song “Gift to Li Guoqing” in anger.

As far as Li Guoqing himself reads, "You said, I don't want to be shaken by taking money and my status" and "In order to avoid such an ending, you rejected all beginnings" are all satires on himself.

You are the richest man in the Mainland, why do you do this?

Even if it's true, wouldn't you stick to some moral principles and not say it out loud?

Besides, is it wrong to consider the status within the company?

Li Guoqing was very concerned about this matter, and once wanted to call Fang Zhuo to inquire, but in the end he failed due to his wife's persuasion.

"Let me tell you some good news first. Our Dangdang's development has been recognized by many investors, and the next round of financing should be launched after the year." Li Guoqing spoke up, using the news of the next round of financing to prove that the company's development strategy has no problems.

Although Fang Zhuo had not invested in it before, he was not the only one with money in the world. Dangdang.com and Tiger Management had a flirtation with each other for a while.

Many executives had already known the news in advance, and they were still happy to hear it officially now.

After a while, the company's vice president Sun Huizhu said: "I heard that Mr. Fang is now starting to develop his medical field. This should not be underestimated. His company was affected by policies a few years ago. Now that he has waited for an opportunity, he will also develop B2C. .”

Another director also said: "Mr. Fang seems to have taken his team to various major cities to acquire land in person. It seems that he still attaches great importance to medical e-commerce."

Although the previous investment was rejected, Yike Investment is still a shareholder of Dangdang, and the vice president and director also maintain their honorific titles when chatting.

Li Guoqing spoke up: "I heard about Fang Zhuo. The medical department was the former registration network. I knew that he was interested in e-commerce, but I didn't expect that he would do this after returning."

“Fang Zhuo’s development strategy was so controversial that he immediately invested money in pharmaceutical e-commerce. This…”

Li Guoqing shook his head repeatedly and laughed again: "This is really a medical fool's errand, Fang Zhuo Shaozhi!"

He knocked on the table and continued: "Buying medicine online and buying books are two completely different needs. Can buying medicine wait? This is simply a weak demand!"

"It's not an exaggeration to say it's a false proposition!"

"Fang Zhuo can't find an investment target as good as ours, so he can only pin his hopes on others recognizing his medical expertise. This is unlikely to succeed."

"The medical department wants to engage in B2C, but it costs 10 yuan to get 1 yuan of results!"

"Destined to fail, there is nothing to worry about."

Li Guoqing commented on the feuding President Yike, thinking that this was an obvious misjudgment and that it was a foolish move by the other party in a hurry for success.

So what if you have money?

If you go in the wrong direction, the more money you have, the more you will lose.

When Dangdang and Amazon occupy the domestic B2C market, Fang Zhuo will find that his Medical Network can only guard the warehouse land in the vertical field and regret it.